JLL vs. BEKE, SEIC, KNSL, HLI, AIZ, FHN, BSAC, CUBE, ORI, and FRT
Should you be buying Jones Lang LaSalle stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Jones Lang LaSalle include KE (BEKE), SEI Investments (SEIC), Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL), Houlihan Lokey (HLI), Assurant (AIZ), First Horizon (FHN), Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC), CubeSmart (CUBE), Old Republic International (ORI), and Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE:JLL) and KE (NYSE:BEKE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking and institutional ownership.
94.8% of Jones Lang LaSalle shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.3% of KE shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Jones Lang LaSalle shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.8% of KE shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Jones Lang LaSalle has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KE has a beta of -0.77, meaning that its share price is 177% less volatile than the S&P 500.
KE has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Jones Lang LaSalle. KE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Jones Lang LaSalle, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
KE has a net margin of 7.62% compared to Jones Lang LaSalle's net margin of 1.42%. KE's return on equity of 9.19% beat Jones Lang LaSalle's return on equity.
Jones Lang LaSalle received 411 more outperform votes than KE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.68% of users gave Jones Lang LaSalle an outperform vote while only 47.76% of users gave KE an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Jones Lang LaSalle had 2 more articles in the media than KE. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Jones Lang LaSalle and 8 mentions for KE. KE's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Jones Lang LaSalle's score of 0.81 indicating that KE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Jones Lang LaSalle presently has a consensus target price of $214.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.78%. KE has a consensus target price of $21.45, indicating a potential upside of 10.17%. Given KE's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe KE is more favorable than Jones Lang LaSalle.
Summary
Jones Lang LaSalle and KE tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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